Keith Law lists Pirates’ top 10 prospects

ESPN’s Keith Law (subscribers only) lists his top ten (well, more like top 20) Pirates prospects. The piece includes links to the completion of his list of the top 100 prospects in baseball, which I hadn’t yet seen.

If you’re curious about Law’s insights, consider subscribing. But here’s the gist: If you’re a Pirates fan, you should be pretty happy about what he has to say here.

Law has Austin Meadows at No. 9 overall, which isn’t surprising, but then he departs from the usual script, ranking Josh Bell at No. 14, which seems very high for a guy with so little defensive value. He describes Bell as a potential 25-homer player who should still do most of his offensive damage by getting on base,…